Chess Position Trainer

I've been introduced to this very helpful piece of free software
by Jonathan Morgan. It allows you to enter a chess opening repertoire,
have it displayed to you and then it will test you on it. If you
don't want to enter your own, then you can download plenty from the CPT
site.

I'm working
up some repertoires of my own before I send them for download to the
good folks at CPT, but if you
would like to test it/comment on them, then that would be most
welcome. First, download the software from:

I'm trying to make the selection broad enough to include all the
recommendations I
make to different members of the junior club; just ignore or delete the
bits
that you aren't interested in. I'll update it from time to time
as I have more thoughts, or more comments.

Basic
recommended
repertoire:
juniorep.zip

1.
Italian Game for White

Adam B, Theo

2.
White against half-open defences

Adam B, Theo

3.
French Defence for Black

Theo

4.
Tarrasch Defence for Black

Theo

Alternatives:
juniorep2.zip

5.
Max Lange Attack (old school Italian)

Adam B, Theo

6.
White opening with 1.d4 and 2.c4

Joe

7.
Classical Defence to 1.e4 with 1...e5

Adam B, Joe

8.
Classical Defence to 1.d4 with 1...d5

Joe

9.
All-purpose system (CJS Purdy) with ...b6

10.
Stonewall Dutch

If you can't get away from paper, try these books (difficulty goes
up D - C - B - A...):

Walker - Chess Openings for
Juniors (1,7,8) [D] or Levy/Keene - An opening repertoire for
the attacking club player (1,2) [C]

McDonald - How to play
against
1.e4 (3) [C]

McDonald - Starting out:
Dutch
Defence (10) [C]

Purdy - Action Chess
(3,9) [C]

Aagaard & Lund - Defending
1.d4 (4) [B]

Baker - A startling chess
opening repertoire (1,5) [B]

Emms - Open game as Black
(7) [B]

Aagaard - Stonewall Dutch
(10) [A]

Palliser - Play 1.d4! (6) [A]

I can't find any book that thinks you should play the way I think
you should play against the half-open defences (2), and I can't find
anything very easy about the Tarrasch... Sorry. Maybe some day
I'll write something.

Chess Quotes

36. Ne1?

"Well, well. IM (and correspondence GM) Douglas Bryson once told me that he almost never plays a game that flows smoothly from start to finish; there is always a "moment" of sorts where someone misses a big defensive opportunity or the nature of the position changes more than one might reasonably expect. This was such a "moment"."